A man with no criminal conviction has been held inside Cook County Jail for nearly four years. At the same time, high-profile violent defendants are being managed based on institutional risk. And inside that same system, a correctional officer who spoke out is now fighting to keep his career while recovering from line-of-duty injuries. This isn’t speculation. It’s a pattern supported by reporting, internal accounts, and federal court filings. Inside Cermak breaks it down. Read the full investigation: c4cookcounty.org/articles/in… @Williamjkelly @ChicagoContrar1 @CWBChicago @GLFOP

The greatest evils in history were carried out by those who wrote the laws not by those who broke them.

To fight corruption — it’s going to take all of us.

•Family background — She is the daughter of Don Steger Harnack, a former President of the Union League Club, one of Illinois's most influential civic institutions. Ex-wife.

Sounds political to me

Must read: @CCSAO_24 Eileen O’Neill Burke and @CookSheriffIL claim they couldn’t keep dangerous criminals like Jose Medina-Medina and Alphonso Talley behind bars or from being released on electronic monitoring. So ask Burke and Dart why they are fighting so hard to keep Steve Fanady in Cook County Jail instead of allowing HIM on electronic monitoring. Fanady is a 61-year-old handicapped man with NO criminal record being held on indirect civil contempt over a 20-year-old property dispute. He has been in solitary confinement for nearly FOUR YEARS. He hasn’t been outside, taken a shower, and has been forced to sleep on a dining table in a cell infested with rats and roaches. SA Kim Foxx falsely charged Fanady with a felony before dropping the charges. Meanwhile, Medina-Medina, who has been charged with the murder of Sheridan Gorman, and Talley are housed right next to Fanady and are allegedly receiving special treatment. Talley was released on electronic monitoring and violated the terms before "allegedly" murdering Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew. The @C4CookCounty, a coalition of brave correctional officers, has published an exposé featuring my reporting on the Fanady case and questionable acts within Cook County Jail. Read their expose now. c4cookcounty.org/articles/in…

Judge Donald Suriano said there wasn’t enough evidence to charge Cook County Board of Review Tax Commissioner with a DUI. This judge looked at these videos & somehow concluded that this woman wasn’t drunk & there wasn’t enough evidence to suggest she was. How many police officers & firemen do you need to hear say that she was drunk? How many more vehicles did she have to hit? Two vehicles hit, an open bottle within reach & refusal to cooperate with law enforcement wasn’t enough. On the way to the hospital she repeatedly asked the officer who accompanied her in the ambulance “Is your penis that small?”. This is an elected official who wasn’t drunk? If she wasn’t drunk then she mentally incapable of performing her job which is to assess tax values of property in Cook County based off her actions & statements. This is another case of the Democratic Machine still working, scratching each other’s backs.

🚨 RAW VIDEO: Reporter William J. Kelly grills Brandon Johnson over apologizing to Officer Bartholomew’s family. At today’s presser, I confronted the mayor over his past anti-police rhetoric, including calling law enforcement “a sickness,” and other policies in light of the murder of Officer Bartholomew. I asked: “Given your past calls to defund the police, your hiring of individuals with controversial anti-police rhetoric to high-paying positions, and your statements describing the incarceration of violent repeat offenders as racist, would you take this opportunity to apologize to the family of Officer Bartholomew?” Officer Bartholomew’s alleged killer is a convicted criminal with 20 felonies who had been released prior to the attack, and Johnson says incarceration is racist. His answer: “I don't agree with not only your premise but even your characterization…” No apology. “OK, so you won't apologize to the family of Officer Bartholomew just as you refuse to apologize to the family of Bethany McGee…” No answer. “So you will not apologize.” “Next question, please.”

Cook County Correctional Officers — There is a shift happening right now. Real opportunities for accountability, reform, and exposure of long-standing misconduct inside Cook County Jail are beginning to emerge. But meaningful change only happens when officers are willing to speak. If you have experienced or witnessed: • Retaliation • Harassment • Sexual harassment • Bullying or intimidation • Threats related to cross-watching • Abuse of authority • OPR ignoring policy violations or compliance issues • Administrative misconduct or favoritism —we want to hear your story. For too long, many officers have suffered in silence out of fear of retaliation, isolation, or career damage. That silence is exactly what protects broken systems. Your voice matters. Your experiences matter. And documented patterns matter. If you contact us, your identity and information will remain completely anonymous if that is your preference. We are committed to protecting officers while pushing for real institutional change. The culture only changes when the people inside it stop accepting what they know is wrong. DM us privately.

Chicago Jan 1 - April 30: 2026: 135 killed, 408 wounded 2025: 126 killed, 399 wounded 2024: 161 killed, 613 wounded 2023: 187 killed, 621 wounded 2022: 195 killed, 706 wounded 2021: 206 killed, 858 wounded 2020: 168 killed, 628 wounded 2019: 152 killed, 543 wounded 2018: 157 killed, 614 wounded 2017: 197 killed, 868 wounded 2016: 193 killed, 957 wounded 2015: 124 killed, 562 wounded 2014: 111 killed, 471 wounded

Chicago has suffered 135 homicides since Jan. Two CPD were shot last week, one fatally. Chicago spends $32K per student, but less than half of CPS students are proficient in math and reading. Chicago is $40B in debt, with a projected $2.5B deficit by 2027. Yet, @ChicagosMayor led a protest today.

TRUTH NUKE: Chicago Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) President John Catanzara is absolutely LIVID after a Chicago police officer was mu*dered in cold bl00d by a career criminal. “We are f*cking sacrificial lambs for the politicians in this city and state, and it NEEDS to stop.” “When is enough?… One [cop killed] is too many.” “Even after hearing the despicable acts that this piece of sh*t did.” “It’s the reason the death penalty should still be in Illinois.”

The way Worker’s compensation attorneys allow the County to not pay officers that are injured in the line of duty should be criminal.

UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO PICK UP A BADGE, PROTECT AND SERVE, TAKE THE CHANCE OF NEVER COMING HOME TO YOUR FAMILY, I SUGGEST YOU STOP CRITICIZING THOSE WHO DO AND BE THANKFUL FOR THEIR SERVICE.

Punishment for child rape : 🇨🇳China~ Death penalty 🇦🇺Australia~ Life imprisonment 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia~ Public execution 🇵🇰 Pakistan~ Death Sentence 🇮🇳India~ Death penalty 🇧🇩Bangladesh~ Death penalty 🇺🇸USA – Pre…read here

Disliking someone is human. Turning that dislike into a campaign to destroy their reputation is not strength, it’s insecurity with a loud mouth.

If you haven't heard of Cook County Corrections Coalition, @C4CookCounty check them out. There is courage inside the Cook County Department of Corrections exposing corruption and unethical practices but it's clearly not at the top. #thatreporter

This also raises serious alarm bells - that I will be looking into @C4CookCounty: From C4's report..."And inside that same system, a correctional officer who spoke out is now fighting to keep his career while recovering from line-of-duty injuries."

“I didn’t write this to become a hero. I wrote it because I got tired of watching officers break down and disappear.” Those are the words of Jabril Gushiniere, a sworn Cook County Sheriff Deputy working as a correctional officer at Chicago’s sprawling Cook County Jail, one of the largest jails in the United States. Gushiniere sent a 46-page exposé to Unicorn Riot titled “Beneath the Badge: Corruption and Administrative Abuse Within Cook County Jail” which we are publishing in full, along with 84 documents provided by Mr. Gushiniere, including an affidavit of facts and a grievance statement. View all of the documents in our vault server; they’re summarized below. The collection of documents sheds light from an unusual angle on a county jail system that was under federal oversight for more than 40 years due to repeated and systemic abuses. Gushiniere wrote their viewpoint was “as a whistleblower, a survivor of administrative abuse, and a voice for those who’ve been silenced behind one of America’s largest and most secretive correctional systems.” In Illinois, the “State Officials and Employees Ethics Act” (5 ILCS 430/15 & 740 ILCS 174/20.2) “provides ‘whistle blower’ protections to State employees who report, or threaten to report wrongdoing” or similar, according to the Office of the Executive Inspector General. He said his report “exposes systemic corruption, retaliation, contract violations, and union collusion” within the Cook County Department of Corrections. It presents not only a personal account but a “documented pattern of institutional abuse that impacts both officers and detainees.” (Unicorn Riot did not independently confirm Gushiniere’s work experiences within the jail.) Gushiniere said he’s seen officers “suffer in silence, break down, burn out, or walk away from this job in disgust. So I made a different choice. I decided to write. I decided to tell the story. I decided to expose the machine.”